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ART UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT BY BARRY GEWEN John Mueller, a professor of film studies at the University of Rochester, with generous assistance from his publisher, Knopf, has produced a book the world...
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Tales of the Bronx World's Fair By E.L. Doctorow Random House. 288 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Isa Kapp E. L. Doctorow has always had a considerable and mystifying talent for persuading critics that...
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Everything in Excess Hemingway: A Biography By Jeffrey Myers Harper & Row. 644 pp. $27.50 Reviewed by Robert Gorham Davis Professor emeritus of English, Columbia University As the overwhelming...
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Euro vista BY RAY ALAN Britain's Cloak-and-Dagger Industry Asked why spy-fiction is so popular in England, a best-selling English novelist said recently: "Deviousness is one of our national...
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Bodying Forth the Truth Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form By Marina Warner Atheneum. 417 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by John Simon Painstakingly researched, fulsome-ly...
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A Flawed Giant of Journalism Ralph Ingersoll: A Biography By Roy Hoopes Atheneum. 441 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by A.H. Raskin Former assistant editorial page editor, New York "Times," and associate...
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On Poetry SONGS OF SCIENCE BY PHOEBE FETTINGELL History was the controlling trope for 19th-century writers: Novelists, essayists, poets, and playwrights all affirmed their hopes for mankind's...
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Teddy White's Successors Campaign Journal: The Political Events of 1983-1984 By Elizabeth Drew Macmillan. 783 pp. $24.95. Ferraro: My Story By Geraldine Ferraro (with Linda Bird Francke)...
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'Pull-Up' Not 'Trickle-Down' The Zero-Sum Solution: Building a World-Class American Economy By Lester Thurow Simon and Schuster. 414 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor of...
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INDEX FOR 1985 This Index of New Leader articles for 1985 is divided into three sections: Section 1, Index of Authors, lists the names of all New Leader contributors, whether writers of articles,...
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Vol. 068 Issue 016 (December 16 1985)
Art Under the Spotlight
